The 2019–20 Liga II (also known as 2019–20 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 80th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 2 August 2020.[1] A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the fourth Liga II season with a single series. The season was initially scheduled to be played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams would be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team would play a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams would relegate to Liga III.

Quick Facts Season, Promoted ...
Liga II
Season2019–20
PromotedUTA Arad
Argeș Pitești
RelegatedSportul Snagov
Daco-Getica București
Matches played231
Goals scored562 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerAlbert Voinea (15)
Biggest home winBuzău 7–0 Snagov
Biggest away winReșița 1–7 Viitorul T.J.
M. Ciuc 0–6 UTA Arad
Highest scoringReșița 1–7 Viitorul T.J.
Longest winning run6 matches:
Turris Turnu Măgurele
Longest unbeaten run13 matches:
Mioveni
Argeș Pitești
Longest winless run16 matches:
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Longest losing run6 matches:
Sportul Snagov
Highest attendance9,000
Rapid 1–0 Petrolul
(16 October 2019)
Lowest attendance40
Viitorul T.J. 1–0 Metalo.
(26 October 2019)
All statistics correct as of 2 August 2020.
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The season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 25 rounds, due to COVID-19 pandemic. After two months of inactivity, on 14 May 2020, the Romanian Football Federation announced that a promotion play-off tournament between the first 6 ranked teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. No teams will be relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded (Sportul Snagov and Daco-Getica București).[2]

Team changes

Excluded and spared teams

Luceafărul Oradea withdrew from Liga II on 30 July 2019, with three days before the start of the championship and chose to enroll in the Liga III. Place of Luceafărul was occupied by Energeticianul.[3]

Other changes

Energeticianul was moved from Petroșani to Târgu Jiu, but the club will play its home matches on Municipal Stadium in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, until Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium in Târgu Jiu will be opened.

Renamed teams

CSM Școlar Reșița was renamed as CSM Reșița after recovering its right to use the brand and record of the old entity.[4][5]

Energeticianul was renamed as Viitorul Târgu Jiu.[6]

Stadiums by capacity

Stadiums by locations

Location of Bucharest teams.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Concordia Romania Adrian Falub Mutual agreement 6 June 2019 Pre-season Romania Laurențiu Diniță 6 June 2019[7]
Universitatea Romania Bogdan Lobonț Sacked 13 June 2019[8] Pre-season Romania Cristian Dulca 1 July 2019[9]
SCM Gloria Romania George Timiș Promoted as Director of football 30 June 2019 Pre-season Romania Ilie Stan 1 July 2019[10]
Mioveni Romania Marius Stoica (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 30 June 2019 Pre-season Romania Marius Stoica 1 July 2019[11]
Metaloglobus Romania László Balint Signed by UTA Arad 30 June 2019 Pre-season Romania M. Măldărășanu 1 July 2019[12]
UTA Arad Romania Ionuț Popa End of contract 30 June 2019 Pre-season Romania László Balint 1 July 2019[13]
Snagov Romania Eugen Trică Signed by FCU Craiova 30 June 2019[14] Pre-season Romania Valeriu Răchită 16 July 2019[15]
FC Argeș Romania Augustin Eduard End of contract 30 June 2019 Pre-season Romania Nicolae Dică 1 July 2019[16]
Farul Romania Petre Grigoraș End of contract 30 June 2019[17] Pre-season Romania Ianis Zicu 3 July 2019[18]
Petrolul Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu End of contract 30 June 2019[19] Pre-season Romania Flavius Stoican 1 July 2019[20]
Dunărea Romania Dan Alexa Signed by Astra Giurgiu 30 June 2019[21] Pre-season Romania Cristian Pustai 1 July 2019[22]
Viitorul T.J. Romania Viorel Tănase End of contract 30 June 2019 Pre-season Romania Cristian Lupuț 31 July 2019[23]
ASU Poli Romania Cosmin Petruescu Resigned 31 August 2019[24] 15 Romania Mugur Gușatu 31 August 2019[25]
Snagov Romania Valeriu Răchită Promoted as General Manager 31 August 2019 20 Romania Viorel Dumitrescu 31 August 2019[26]
Universitatea Romania Cristian Dulca Mutual agreement 2 September 2019[27] 17 Romania Adrian Falub 4 September 2019[28]
Turris Romania Erik Lincar Mutual agreement 1 October 2019[29] 1 Romania Florin Bratu 3 October 2019[30]
Concordia Romania Laurențiu Diniță Sacked 5 October 2019[31] 11 Romania Erik Lincar 7 October 2019[32]
Argeș Pitești Romania Nicolae Dică Mutual agreement 7 October 2019 6 Romania Ionuț Badea 9 October 2019[33]
Snagov Romania Viorel Dumitrescu Mutual agreement 13 October 2019 20 Romania Valentin Ivan 13 October 2019[34]
Pandurii Romania Adrian Bogoi Mutual agreement 22 October 2019 18 Romania Tiberiu Bălan 22 October 2019[35]
Turris Romania Florin Bratu Mutual agreement 22 October 2019[36] 2 Romania Marius Baciu 26 October 2019
Politehnica Romania Mugur Gușatu Resigned 23 October 2019[37] 16 Romania Antonio Foale (caretaker) 23 October 2019
Daco-Getica Romania Marius Baciu Mutual agreement 23 October 2019[38] 19
Snagov Romania Valentin Ivan Mutual agreement 1 November 2019 19 Romania Laurențiu Tudor 1 November 2019[39]
Politehnica Romania Antonio Foale (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 6 November 2019 11 Romania Octavian Benga 6 November 2019[40]
CSM Reșița Romania Leontin Doană Sacked 10 November 2019 16 Romania Dorinel Munteanu 10 November 2019[41]
Pandurii Romania Tiberiu Bălan Released 10 November 2019[42] 19 Romania Călin Cojocaru 12 November 2019[43]
Snagov Romania Laurențiu Tudor Mutual agreement 30 November 2019 18 Romania Răzvan Ciodar (caretaker) 30 November 2019[44]
Petrolul Romania Flavius Stoican Resigned 11 December 2019[45] 8 Romania Costel Enache 16 December 2019[46]
Turris Romania Marius Baciu Mutual agreement 27 December 2019[47] 5 Romania Erik Lincar 2 January 2020[48]
Concordia Romania Erik Lincar Released 27 December 2019[49] 16 Romania Florin Bratu 6 January 2020[50]
Mioveni Romania Marius Stoica Sacked 2 February 2020 2 Romania Claudiu Niculescu 2 February 2020[51]
Rapid Romania Daniel Pancu Sacked 10 March 2020[52] 6 Romania Dan Alexa 13 March 2020[53]
Petrolul Romania Costel Enache Mutual agreement 30 July 2020[54] 6 Romania Cătălin Munteanu 31 July 2020[55]
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Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UTA Arad (Q) 23 15 5 3 49 13 +36 50 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2 Mioveni (Q) 23 10 9 4 36 22 +14 39
3 Turris Turnu Măgurele (Q) 22 11 6 5 36 25 +11 39
4 Argeș Pitești (Q) 23 10 8 5 34 25 +9 38
5 Petrolul Ploiești (Q) 23 10 8 5 23 20 +3 38
6 Rapid București (Q) 23 10 7 6 32 20 +12 37
7 Metaloglobus București 23 10 7 6 28 20 +8 37
8 SCM Gloria Buzău 23 9 6 8 35 27 +8 33
9 Farul Constanța 23 9 6 8 27 20 +7 33
10 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 22 9 6 7 30 25 +5 33
11 ASU Politehnica Timișoara 22 8 8 6 20 12 +8 32
12 Dunărea Călărași 23 8 7 8 29 30 1 31
13 Ripensia Timișoara 23 6 10 7 28 34 6 28
14 Universitatea Cluj 23 5 12 6 29 26 +3 27
15 CSM Reșița 22 6 6 10 30 35 5 24
16 Concordia Chiajna[a] 22 6 6 10 20 30 10 24 Spared from relegation
17 Miercurea Ciuc[a] 23 5 7 11 17 33 16 22
18 Sportul Snagov (R) 23 2 3 18 16 59 43 9[b] Relegation to Liga III
19 Pandurii Târgu Jiu[a] 23 1 5 17 10 53 43 8 Spared from relegation
20 Daco-Getica București (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[c] Relegation to Liga III
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Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2020. Source: FRF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[58]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Concordia Chiajna, Miercurea Ciuc and Pandurii Târgu Jiu were spared from relegation after the season was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Sportul Snagov withdrew from Liga II during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part by forfeit.[56]
  3. Daco-Getica București withdrew from Liga II after the 13th round and all its results were canceled.[57]

Season results

More information Home \ Away, ARG ...
Home \ Away ARG ASU CON REȘ DUN FAR MET MIE MIO PAN PET RAP RIP SCM SNA TUR UCJ UTA VTJ
Argeș Pitești 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–0
ASU Politehnica Timișoara 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 null
Concordia Chiajna 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–3
CSM Reșița 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–7
Dunărea Călărași 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–0
Farul Constanța 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–2
Metaloglobus București 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Miercurea Ciuc 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–6
Mioveni 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–5 0–0 2–1 5–2 0–2
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–4 0–3 0–0 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–5 0–0
Petrolul Ploiești 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–1
Rapid București 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2
Ripensia Timișoara 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–5 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0
SCM Gloria Buzău 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–3 7–0 2–2 0–0
Sportul Snagov 0–3 3–3 0–2 0–3 0–1 3–2 3–2 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–3 0–3
Turris Turnu Măgurele 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0
Universitatea Cluj 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–0
UTA Arad 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0
Viitorul Târgu Jiu 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–1
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Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2020. Source: Liga 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I.[2] The teams started the promotion play-offs with half of the points accumulated until the interruption of the regular season.[59]

Table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UTA Arad (C, P) 5 1 2 2 8 8 0 30 Promotion to Liga I
2 Argeș Pitești (P) 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 27
3 Mioveni (Q) 5 2 1 2 5 6 1 27 Qualification to Liga I play-off
4 Turris Turnu Măgurele 5 1 3 1 5 5 0 26
5 Petrolul Ploiești 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 25[a]
6 Rapid București 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 25[a]
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Source: FRF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[60]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head : Rapid suffered rounding from odd points(37), while Petrolul from even points(38)

Results

More information Home \ Away, ARG ...
Home \ Away ARG MIO PET RAP TUR UTA
Argeș Pitești 2–3 1–1
Mioveni 1–2 0–0 0–2
Petrolul Ploiești 1–2 0–0
Rapid București 1–2 1–1
Turris Turnu Măgurele 0–0 0–1 0–0
UTA Arad 1–1 1–2 3–4
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Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liga I play-off

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chindia Târgoviște 3–1 Mioveni 2–0 1–1
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9 August 2020 Chindia Târgoviște 2–0MioveniPloiești, Romania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Bic 14' Ivančić 74' Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 0
Referee: István Kovács (Carei)
12 August 2020 Mioveni1–1
(1–3 agg.)
Chindia TârgovișteMioveni, Romania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Hergheligiu 7' Ivančić 45+1' Stadium: Orășenesc
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

Season statistics

Regular season and promotion play-off overall statistics.[61][62]

Top scorers

Clean sheets

*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Attendances

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rapid București 55,200 9,000 1,700 5,018 n/a2
2 Petrolul Ploiești 32,500 6,000 1,000 3,250 −15.4%
3 CSM Reșița 29,600 8,500 700 2,960 n/a2
4 UTA Arad 23,600 4,000 1,500 2,622 +132.9%
5 Argeș Pitești 28,350 8,000 300 2,577 +102.0%
6 SCM Gloria Buzău 20,000 5,000 300 1,818 n/a2
7 Universitatea Cluj 10,829 3,000 1,000 1,805 −49.3%1
8 Turris Turnu Măgurele 15,300 2,000 200 1,391 n/a2
9 Mioveni 11,400 4,000 200 1,267 +61.6%
10 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 9,700 7,000 200 1,213 +104.9%
11 ASU Politehnica Timișoara 13,000 7,000 300 1,182 −7.0%
12 Miercurea Ciuc 9,600 2,000 500 1,067 n/a2
13 Farul Constanța 9,500 2,000 300 1,056 +22.6%
14 Metaloglobus București 6,600 2,500 200 660 +114.3%
15 Ripensia Timișoara 5,000 2,000 200 556 +84.1%
16 Dunărea Călărași 4,400 1,000 200 550 −81.8%
17 Daco-Getica București 2,300 600 200 383 −0.3%
18 Concordia Chiajna 3,400 800 100 340 −45.2%
19 Sportul Snagov 1,950 1,000 50 244 −14.1%
20 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 2,335 1,000 40 212 −18.1%
League total 294,564 9,000 40 1,508 +56.3%
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Updated to games played on 8 March 2020
Source: League attendance: Liga II 2019/2020
Notes:
1: Universitatea Cluj had the home ground suspended for 2 rounds.
2: SCM Gloria Buzău, Rapid București, Turris Turnu Măgurele, CSM Reșița and Miercurea Ciuc played last season in the Liga III.

References

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